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Insect Bites and Stings First Aid: Ticks, Bees, and When a Reaction Is an Emergency

Insect Bites and Stings First Aid: Ticks, Bees, and When a Reaction Is an Emergency

The tick removal trick everyone repeats makes it worse, and the sting that looks scariest is usually the one that is fine.

Logan Pierce
Logan Pierce
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Prepped & Ready Weekly, Issue #10

Prepped & Ready Weekly, Issue #10

Generators, spoiled food, boil water orders, and the paperwork you want copied first

Logan Pierce
Logan Pierce
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Flash Flood Safety: How Deep Is Too Deep and What to Do When Water Rises Fast

Flash Flood Safety: How Deep Is Too Deep and What to Do When Water Rises Fast

Six inches takes an adult down. Twelve floats a car. The hard part is being the driver who turns around while everyone else keeps going.

Logan Pierce
Logan Pierce
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How to Season Firewood: Moisture Targets, Stacking, and How Long It Really Takes

How to Season Firewood: Moisture Targets, Stacking, and How Long It Really Takes

The wood you stack this week is for next winter, not this one. Here is the rotation that ends the problem permanently.

Logan Pierce
Logan Pierce
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Emergency Document Checklist: The Papers You Need Copies of Before a Disaster

Emergency Document Checklist: The Papers You Need Copies of Before a Disaster

Six categories, one hour, and the two insurance papers that decide how fast your claim moves.

Logan Pierce
Logan Pierce
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Food Safety After a Power Outage: What to Keep, What to Toss, and the 4-Hour Rule

Food Safety After a Power Outage: What to Keep, What to Toss, and the 4-Hour Rule

Your fridge gives you 4 hours and a full freezer gives you 48. Here's exactly what survives that and what goes straight in the trash.

Logan Pierce
Logan Pierce
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Boil Water Advisory: What It Means, What Is Safe to Use, and How to Disinfect at Home

Boil Water Advisory: What It Means, What Is Safe to Use, and How to Disinfect at Home

Most advisories start with a broken water main, not a crisis. Here is the 10 minutes of work that keeps your household out of trouble.

Logan Pierce
Logan Pierce
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Heat Exhaustion vs Heat Stroke: How to Tell the Difference and What to Do First

Heat Exhaustion vs Heat Stroke: How to Tell the Difference and What to Do First

One sign separates a rough afternoon from a 911 call, and it is not sweating and it is not a thermometer reading.

Logan Pierce
Logan Pierce
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Prepped & Ready Weekly, Issue #9

Prepped & Ready Weekly, Issue #9

Two ways out, two way radios, and the 90 second trick that gets you found

Logan Pierce
Logan Pierce
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Portable Generator Safety: Carbon Monoxide, Backfeeding, and How Far From the House

Portable Generator Safety: Carbon Monoxide, Backfeeding, and How Far From the House

The 20 foot rule, the open-garage myth, and the wall outlet that can electrocute a lineman two streets over.

Logan Pierce
Logan Pierce
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Fall Garden Planting: How to Use Your First Frost Date to Pick What Still Has Time

Fall Garden Planting: How to Use Your First Frost Date to Pick What Still Has Time

Radish still makes it. Beans stopped being possible a month ago. Here is the arithmetic that tells you which is which.

Logan Pierce
Logan Pierce
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How to Signal for Rescue: Ground-to-Air Symbols, Mirrors, and Whistles That Get You Found

How to Signal for Rescue: Ground-to-Air Symbols, Mirrors, and Whistles That Get You Found

Most people carry the wrong signal, or carry the right one and never learn to aim it. Here is the order that actually works.

Logan Pierce
Logan Pierce
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